Scientists said that an alligator had been found in the stomach of a python.
Rosie Moore, a Florida-basedgeoscientist, told USA TODAY on Friday that the python was euthanized after it was caught.
Scientists discovered the alligator in its stomach during a necropsy.
Scientists wearing gloves evaluate the bulge in the python's stomach before cutting it open in a viral video shot by Moore and posted on her social media accounts.
The alligator is being pulled out of the snake's stomach by scientists.
Moore said that the alligator was undamaged. There was some decay on the outer layer. There were no bones on the skin.
Moore said that the scent of the gator was an unpleasant one.
The master free diver said the smell was horrible.
There is graphic content in the video.
Moore's post of the footage had gotten more than 337,000 likes and more than 2,600 comments.
It's time to just cook the whole thing. Would be like a Cajun version of a Turducken.
There is a way to make a turducken.
The missing grandmother was eaten alive by a 22-foot python.
Did someone put some of these in the waters of Florida because these guys are not from here?
There are pythons in Florida. It's native to Asia.
They are one of the largest snakes in the world.
There is a law in Florida that requires the death of pythons.
An annual competition to remove pythons from the South Florida wetlands preserve resulted in the removal of more than 200 pythons.
The pythons' large appetites pose a threat to a variety of wildlife.
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The alligator is in the stomach of the python.
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